Chapter 1058: It is difficult to arrange for a woman whose country and family have been destroyed
"We attacked Shanzhou in order to rescue the Tang Kingdom. Now that the Tang Kingdom has been destroyed... Anyway, let's ask His Majesty first!"

Wang Tan is already over sixty years old, and his desire for military exploits is no longer as eager as it was when he was young.

So, after hesitating for a moment, he decided to suspend the attack and wait for Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang to make a decision in the rear.

After all, the Tang Dynasty had been destroyed, and continuing to attack the Han Dynasty at this time had lost the original meaning of sending troops.

In Taiyuan City.

Yesterday, Su Mingzhe, as the emperor, personally led the vanguard camp and attacked the city with a sword in hand.

Almost in the blink of an eye, in Li Cunxu's eyes, the impregnable Taiyuan was breached by the first wave of offensive of the Han army.

With Li Cunxu being captured alive, the Tang army was leaderless and its defense was as fragile as a piece of torn paper.

The Han army poked it casually and made a big hole.

Now a day and a night have passed.

Although there were occasional shouts of fighting and killing in the city, the Han army had already firmly controlled the entire Taiyuan city.

"Yawn... Is someone cursing me again?"

Su Mingzhe yawned, stretched, called the palace maid to dress him, and walked towards Li Cunxu's imperial study.

After breaking into the imperial city yesterday afternoon, Su Mingzhe saw the big, fair queen and could not help himself. He left all government affairs behind and slept directly on Li Cunxu's dragon bed.

Now that a day and a night have passed, there must be a lot of government affairs that need to be dealt with.

Only after the man left did the Crown Princess of the Tang Dynasty dare to open her tear-swollen eyes.

Yesterday, Su Mingzhe broke into the palace and gathered all the concubines and princesses in the harem together. In the end, he selected the Queen, Princess Yining, and the Crown Princess to sleep with him.

Li Cunxu had three sons and two daughters. Princess Yining was the eldest princess. She was fifteen years old this year and had been betrothed to Song Tinghao, the son of Song Yao, the governor of Tiande.

However, Song Yao and his son Song Tinghao had died in the battle to defend the city not long ago.

In other words, Princess Yining became a widow.

The little princess, Princess Yongle, was only seven years old.

The Crown Princess of the Tang Dynasty was originally the younger sister of the Shu Emperor Wang Yan, Princess Emei, whose maiden name was "Dujuan".

Five years ago, Tang and Shu formed an alliance to fight against Liang.

In order to bind the interests of the two countries, Princess Du Juan of Emei married the Crown Prince Li Yuanxiang of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanxiang was a cowardly person and Du Juan was usually taciturn, so their life after marriage was very dull.

If life were just like this, Dujuan would have no complaints.

But soon after getting married, Dujuan discovered that the Tang Dynasty palace was messy and dirty.

Emperor Li Cunxu of the Tang Dynasty disliked beautiful women but liked actors dressed as women.

However, there was something dirty going on between Queen Tang and Crown Prince Li Yuanxiang.

There were all sorts of other dirty things happening in the palace, and Dujuan felt uncomfortable after hearing about them.

In order to avoid seeing the deceased and to keep her mind from being distracted, Du Juan built a nunnery in the East Palace less than half a year after they got married to Li Yuanxiang. They hid in the nunnery every day to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, preparing to spend the rest of their lives accompanying the Buddha by the green lamp.

Who would have thought that the Han army broke into the palace last night, and Du Juan, as the Crown Princess, was pulled onto the dragon bed by the Han Emperor along with the Queen and the eldest princess.

After a night of humiliation.

Du Juan waited for the man to leave before she prepared to get out of bed, wash herself, and then find a place to end this miserable life.

As soon as she opened her eyes, Dujuan saw the Queen staring blankly at the golden gauze curtain.

Princess Yining beside her advised with tears in her eyes:

"Mother, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about my second and third brothers..."

Princess Yining's biological mother was originally a palace maid in the opera garden. She died shortly after giving birth to Princess Yining.

Princess Yining was then taken in by the Queen of Tang and they lived together for more than ten years, so naturally they developed a certain affection for each other.

At this moment, Princess Yining saw that Queen Tang did not move and did not hear her calls, and she was so frightened that she burst into tears.

Dujuan thought of the dirty deeds between Queen Tang and her husband Li Yuanxiang, and was too lazy to comfort Princess Yining.

After all, she herself had already made up her mind to die, so why would she care about these "trivial matters"? It would be best if they all died together, so that they could wash away all the filth.

After tidying up her clothes, Dujuan put on her bra and palace skirt on the bed, then left the bedroom and returned to the East Palace.

Du Juan's return was like a balm for the panic-stricken eunuchs and palace maids in the Eastern Palace.

Among them, a beautiful and graceful palace maid came up to them in a hurry and asked:
"My Lady, how is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

"..."

Du Juan looked back and saw that the palace maid seemed to be called Jiang Chan, the daughter of Jiang Hongru, the chief physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Crown Prince Li Yuanxiang had been weak and sickly since childhood and often went to the Imperial Medical Bureau to see a doctor and take medicine. Over time, he developed an affair with Jiang Chan and later simply brought Jiang Chan to the Eastern Palace to be a female official.

After Du Juan married Li Yuanxiang, Li Yuanxiang never treated Du Juan well.

Du Juan felt like she was just a mascot of the Eastern Palace.

Until the grand sacrificial ceremony, no one remembered that she was the Crown Princess.

On the contrary, Jiang Chan was quite favored, and her status in the Eastern Palace was second only to the Crown Princess Du Juan.

Jiang Chan called out a few more times, but seeing that the Crown Princess did not respond, she then noticed her makeup. Her hair was disheveled, her hairpins were messy, and there were love marks on her exposed shoulders and neck.

"Empress, what are you..."

"Prepare some hot water for me, I want to take a bath!"

Du Juan came to her senses and remembered that the Tang Dynasty was gone and Crown Prince Li Yuanxiang might be executed, so she no longer had the heart to argue with Jiang Chan.

After giving an order to her maid, she walked towards her bedroom.

Not long after.

Su Mingzhe, who was handling government affairs, heard a report from his personal guards that the Crown Princess Du Juan, whom he had favored yesterday, had hanged herself in the East Palace.

Fortunately, a palace maid discovered it in time and saved his life.

"He has a pretty fierce temper!"

When Su Mingzhe heard that the beauty from last night was actually seeking death, he immediately threw down his pen and stood up:

"Lead the way, I'll go take a look."

Li Cunxu did not like beautiful women but favored actors, so the harem was not large.

It only takes three to five minutes to walk from the Imperial Study to the Eastern Palace.

With the arrival of Su Mingzhe, the eunuchs and palace maids, who looked panicked and as if they had just lost their exam, immediately prostrated themselves on the ground, waiting for their fate to come.

Su Mingzhe did not go directly to the Crown Princess's bedroom. Instead, he looked at the palace servants kneeling together and asked in a cold tone:

"Who is the one who is in charge of the East Palace on weekdays?"

When everyone heard the question, they subconsciously looked back at Jiang Chan who was kneeling in the corner.

Jiang Chan had no choice but to crawl forward and came to Su Mingzhe. Without even raising her head, she replied directly:
"I am Jiang Chan, a maidservant of the Eastern Palace."

Su Mingzhe motioned for Jiang Chan to raise her head, took a look, and immediately understood:

"Jiang Chan? Are you the daughter of Jiang Hongru from the Imperial Medical Bureau?"

Jiang Chan didn't expect that the Han Emperor in front of him even knew her details. She was shocked and scared, so she could only answer honestly:

"Your Majesty, my father's name is Jiang Hongru."

Su Mingzhe sighed and remained silent for a long time.

The Jiang Hongru and his wife in "Curse of the Golden Flower" and the Daqiang and his wife in "All Is Well" are played by the same pair of actors.

Therefore, after Su Mingzhe captured Taiyuan, he found an excuse and gave Jiang Hongru a job, asking him to enter the military camp to treat the Han army's injuries, thus protecting the couple.

Now, Jiang Chan suddenly appeared in front of him, and Su Mingzhe was a little unsure of how to treat her.

After all, according to the mirror law, Jiang Chan is his half-sister.

Su Mingzhe was not so hungry that he would not even let Jiang Chan go.

(End of this chapter)